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The Old Guitarist, Pablo Picasso
Oil on Panel. Expressionism. This well-known work was created during Picasso's "Blue Period." -
Les Grandes Baigneuses, Paul Cezanne
Oil on Canvas. Post-Impressionism.This example of Modern art is known for it's timelessness and geometric balance. It heavily influenced the budding cubist movement. -
Le Bonheur de Vivre, Henri Matisse
Oil on Canvas: Created between October of 1905 and March of 1906, Matisse's painting is considered a vital work of early modernism. -
The Dance II, Henri Matisse
Oil on Canvas. This work is a nod to primitive art with a Fauvist color palette. -
I and the Village, Marc Chagall
Oil on Canvas. Cubism. This painting, influenced by the artist's childhood, integrates elements of Yiddish and Russian folklore. -
Squares with Concentric Circles, Wassily Kandinsky
Watercolor, gouache and crayon on paper. Abstract. This piece, using serial image technique, was created as a study of colour combinations, but became one of Kandinsky's most recognizable and popular works. -
Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, Umberto Boccioni
Bronze Sculpture. Futurism. The goal of this piece was to depict movement and fluidity, to demonstrate art in motion. -
The Rite of Spring, Igor Stravinsky
Ballet and Orchestral Concert Work. One of the most influential works of the 20th Century, Stravinsky's ballet nearly caused a riot opening night. The ballet based on pagan myths played with musical elements such as stress and dissonance and novel tonality and metre. -
Park Guell, Antoni Gaudi
Architecture. Barcelona, Spain. This work is a prime example of the artistic plentitude of Gaudi's naturalist phase. Gaudi uses organic shapes and geometry to create this splendid park that became an UNESCO World Heritage site in 1984. -
Death and Life, Gustav Klimt
Oil on Canvas. Art Nouveau. A central theme of the time, and especially of Klimt's work is the dance with death. This piece introduces a sense or reconciliation with death in its sensuous imagery. -
Der Gestürzte (The Fallen Man), Wilhelm Lehmbruck
Sculpture. Speaking out against false heroism and war. -
The Waste Land, T.S. Eliot
Modernist Poetry. Heavy with allusion, satire, and prophesy, Eliot's poem is considered one of the most important poems of the 20th Century. It is written in five parts:
The Burial of the Dead,
A Game of Chess
The Fire Sermon
Death by Water
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Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf
Literature. Using a stream-of-consciousness style, Woolf's work focuses on characters as opposed to plot creating a deeply revealing story. -
Automat, Edward Hopper
Oil on Canvas. Modern Realism. One of Hopper's great works, Automat symbolizes urban alienation and was also a bit scandalous at the time due to the way in which the woman's legs are depicted. -
American Gothic, Grant Wood
Oil on Beaverboard. Modernism. This oft parodied, iconic painting demonstrates the vertical nature of the Gothic period. -
The Persistence of Memory, Salvador Dali
Oil on Canvas. Surrealist painting. -
Man, Controller of the Universe, Diego Rivera
Fresco. Mexican Muralism. This controversial mural was originally titled "Man at the Crossroads" and was to be showcased at the Rockefeller Center. Due to political disagreements the mural was abandoned and eventually destroyed. Using photographs Rivera recreated the mural at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. -
Migrant Mother, Dorothea Lange
Photograph, Silver, Metal, Photographic film, Gelatin silver print. From the Social Realism Movement. This iconic photography documents the plight of migrant workers during the Great Depression. -
Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Dmitri Shostakovich
Music.This symphony in 4 movements is scored for two flutes and piccolo, two oboes, two clarinets and E-flat clarinet, two bassoons and contrabassoon, four horns, three B♭ trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, snare drum, triangle, cymbals, bass drum, tam-tam, glockenspiel, xylophone, two harps (one part), piano, celesta and strings. It was wildly popular with both critics and the general public. -
Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston
Novel. This seminal work in both African-American and Women's Literature came out of the Harlem Renaissance and yet was pushing against some of the ideas of the Harlem Renaissance. The work has been equated with Blues culture and focuses on pathways to autonomy and maturing into one's own voice. -
Les Fétiches, Loïs Mailou Jones
Oil on Linen. This early work of Jones, a prominent artist of the Harlem Renaissance is a Modern work composed of five African masks. -
The Two Fridas, Frida Kahlo
Oil on Canvas. Naive Art/Surrealism. A representation of dual identity. -
Falling Water, Frank Lloyd Wright
Organic Modern Architecture. Pennsylvania, USA. Lloyd's design of this home features many natural and Japanese architectural techniques. The home was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966. -
War Mother, Charles Umlauf
Cast stone. Although this sculpture is timeless in conveying the horrors of war, Umlauf created this piece in response to the Nazi invasion of Poland.
